The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-02

temple OF art on this continent ir
Booths Thestre, on Twenty-ThirC
Street, New York City. l am told BY
those who know. that the stage settings
were magnificent and certainly the cast:
at that theatre have become historic
notably III Julius Caesar. Mr.. Booth paIC
dearly for his liberality in the cause
Oh arr. He was ruined. Perhaps the
venture was then IN advance of The
time: He would probably now bt
wholly successful. At any rate Mr.
Irving has shown that Mr.. Booths ides
and desire can be made practical and i
WILDE. However, let those who think
Mr.. Booth has done nothing in the
cause OF art look at the hard earned
savings of years laid on the altar of.art
at the Old Booth Theatre, and atleast
change their accusation to lin recent
| years."
Having failed in management, Mr.
Booth probably gave himself too, little
credit for business ability and in con
sequence has been of late years always
under the management of some one
else. Consequently he has had nothing
whatever TO do with selecting his com.
panies, their routes, or the scenery
properties or stage settings. Managers
have probably taken advantage
OF his easy good nature and
knowing that he would draw
full houses, anyway, have put into
their own pockets, the difference he
tween good and a bad support, and
fine scenery and properties and very
bad or none at all. For all of which
among the great unprofessional and
uninformed public Mr.. Booth has borne
the blame. Possibly he is to blame for
having been too easy and good natured
with his managers. ! hat Mr.. Booth
surrounds himself with Indifferent
actors, because he is jealous of rivalry,
or thinks to shine more respondent by
contrast, is too absurd to need contra
dictiOn by those who know anything of
him. Not because he is tdciLe priRcepS,
for other actors are, perhaps, that, and
yet have all the praise, all the good
lines, all the applause and all the stage,
but simply such a feeling would be
utterly foreign to his nature. know
in fact, that Mr.. Booth does not insist
as many actors of not half bis preten-
Sions do, upon having the centre of the
stage. The most unim1ortant per-
son of his company can have |
the stage if it belongs to him. Indeed |
[ do not know that in my short exper-
ence ever met great man so unpre-
,entious, so wanting in the egotism
which is the root of jealousy, so uni
ormly kind to high and low. 1 never
heard q member of the dramatic pro-
ession speak other than kindly and
!dmiringly of Nj. Booth, and often
most affectionately of him. One night
n st. Louis. having finished my work
nd dressed before the play was ended
was standing in the entrance to the
t. James Hotel watching the crowd
urge out of the theatre. Two actors
in front of me were COM
lenting on the crowd. "Ah, joe"
aid one, If we could play TO houses
ke that for few weeks we could retire
ON the businesS-what a housen"
Well, said Joe, Pm glad of it,
'oking at the moving mass, ''If ever a
ian deserved it on this earth, he does.
cd bless him. played with him once
nd its an honor TO play with him"
That was said was commonplace, but
le tone of the God bless him. was S
ncere and tender. His father (whose I
miniature. by the way, he always 1
ears in Hamlet) was, am told, just |
lch likeaDie man. should Judge q
ON what Mr.. Thos. Lyme of our CITY,
IS told me Of him, that he was uni
,rsal fayor!te with people OF his COM Il
my and profession. Mr.. Booth is a e
and could probably be for {
ven anything short of great crime, r
1t have never thus far heard him ut II
a cross or unklnd word during re- 0
arsals. You should not give him
edit tor being an angel, however, for q
have heard him use sundry strong u
pressions when some bungling work
the part OF the scene shifter or the =
kwardness of some ignorant supers d
S lnterfered in his opinion with the "
ectveness OF his scenes. L only mean D
az ne Is Kindly, humane and thoughl- a
OF Others. While on our way from 81
troit to Bay City, a number of the h
ung men OF the company got together 81
the forward part OF our special car "
d began to sing negro melodies, glees. c.
;. Our manager, thoughtful of Mr.. 8
oth's comfort under the inf1iction st
Ted him if he should have it Stoned al
ave forgotten whether Mr.. B. went al
far as to say he enjoyed ii, but he
used 20 allow the boys to be inter
ed with, and said: No. LET the
1s alone. I'd join them myself if
I'D sing"
myself had a most striking =,
lance OF his gentleness and kind III
IS OF heart. 1t was the third ht
MT OF our engagement, and we were "a
ylng IN Buffalo. The play was Mac. de
n; and L had been cast for two of the -
aller parts = the Bleeding Ser al az
Mt and the Physician. The n n
geant is considered a fiat" little oe
t, re. he has some good lines. III III
st people quite familiar with the oV
Y OF Macbeth never heard of the In
edlug Sergeant. and most audiences eV
er heard him, for he is the messen- 50
from the battle field who comes in ni
he very beginning f the play 10. al
OF the success of Macbeth. and as hi'
pie are always at that time adjust
bustles, bOnnets snd bangs, the .u
yeant says his little speech and goes t sn'
to die without having no
lSed the slightest suspicion THAI We
has been in existence Still oe'
ing actors it is considered a nice eel
bit for beginner and l liked the wo
lie speech, and hoped to win the g.
opinion of the people of the COM Ihe
Y by Its recital. | don't know how WI
ent of, but think fairly well for no
e OF those who were kind enough to 70
the trouble spoke kindly to me OF
effort. needed little encourage ,--
and felt quite happy. l changed
make up and costume for the phy- I
D, and got some one to hear me in van